It's the place to Be.

February 27, 2014May 16, 2014

Congratulations to our Hometown Heroes

By Liz Millikin

Nothing compares to the excitement of watching the best of the best competing on the global stage. In the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games, 2,873 athletes from 88 countries competed in 98 events, going for the gold.

It was an especially exciting Olympics for the Stratton Mountain School, which sent a record-breaking 14 athletes to the competition. In addition to the SMS athletes, two more Olympic competitors have strong ties to the Stratton community as relatives to ski patrollers past and present.

Highlights included Alex Deibold’s bronze medal in Men’s Snowboardercross in his first Olympics as a competitor. (Last Olympics, Deibold supported the US Snowboard team in Vancouver as a wax tech.) Cross country skiers Sophie Caldwell and Jessie Diggins both made history by finishing better in the Sprint Free and 4×5 Relay (respectively) than any other American woman in history. For Sandra Hendrickson, the honor was to compete in the first ever Women’s Olympic Ski Jump, making her sport the talk of the town.

We are incredibly proud of all our athletes and honored to be a part of their Olympic dreams.

In alphabetical order by last name, please allow me to introduce the Stratton Olympians.